Xiao Yichen walked out of the house in disappointment, his feelings for Xue Yi were still messy, and the embarrassment in front of him couldn't be explained clearly. He knew that Xue Yi was in love with the so-called "Five Princes", but he couldn't say it directly, because this was originally one of his plans, and now he was afraid of losing Xue Yi and worried that the paper would not be able to contain the fire, Xue Yi knew that the truth would definitely turn against him, and his "death" seemed to be the only solution.

The distraught Xiao Yichen got into a wheelchair and came to the guard camp behind, these people followed him from birth to death for fifteen years, and in his heart they were like his own relatives, but there were some things he didn't want them to participate in or let them know about for the time being. When the guards saw Xiao Yichen, they hurriedly came over to greet them, and everyone had now taken off their armor and changed into the clothes of ordinary people, and there was no big difference between them and the Lingbei people in terms of clothing.

Xiao Yichen looked at their clothes in wonder and asked in surprise, "Where did you buy these clothes?" ”

A guard replied to Xiao Yichen with a quick mouth and a fluttering eyebrow: "Why doesn't the prince know that these clothes were hand-sewn for us by the palace grandmother and the princess overnight." ”

Xiao Yichen looked at the new clothes on the guards, and felt more and more admiration and reluctance for Xue Yi in his heart, this woman was delicate and intelligent, quiet and introverted in addition to empathy, and handled everything just right.

Xiao Yichen chatted with the guards for a long time, and only returned to his palace in the evening, Xue Yi and Gong Mama had already prepared dinner and were about to go out to look for him.

Xiao Yichen didn't know the taste of a meal, he just hastily pulled two mouthfuls and went back to the house, Mama Gong looked at Xiao Yichen's back, and looked at Xue Yi strangely: "What's wrong with the prince today?" Are you two having trouble again? ”

Xue Yi shook her head: "The two of us are very good, why are you making a fuss." ”

"Is it good?" Mama Gong glanced at Xue Yi meaningfully, "Since it's good, the princess shouldn't squeeze with the old slave today, right?" also let Du Ruo and the old slave sleep peacefully. ”

Xue Yi knew that they were huddled together these days, and Mama Gong was afraid that she would be wronged, so she always hugged Du Ruo and curled up on the corner of the bed, she smiled faintly: "Auntie, I'm afraid you will have to be wronged for a few days, Xiaohu girl can't go back to the capital anymore, let's live with my aunt for the time being." ”

"Huh?! Could it be that the four of us slept together? Mama Gong stared at Xue Yi with her mouth grown, and the dishes she picked up fell on the plate.

Xue Yi covered her mouth and smiled, and said in a low voice with a slightly red face: "I will go back to the prince's house today." After speaking, Xue Yi turned around and ran into Xiao Yichen's house, after pushing the door open, Xue Yi was stunned, Xiao Yichen had already laid the quilt on one side of the bed, and the person was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and when he heard the door ringing, he just opened his eyes, turned over and fell asleep again.

Lingbei is cold, especially late at night, although it is spring now, but every late night is like a cold winter, just a thin layer of quilt is spread on the ground, Xiao Yichen is not cold. Xue Yi walked over and kicked Xiao Yichen with her toes: "Hey, get up." ”

Xiao Yichen sat up, rolled his eyes, and looked at Xue Yi: "What are you doing?" ”

Xue Yi twisted her skirt with both hands and muttered, "You...... You better go to bed. ”

"You sleep on the ground? No, no, no. Xiao Yichen waved his hand again and again, "No matter how I say it, I can't let you sleep on the ice with a woman, it's too cold here, so I'll sleep." ”

Xue Yi crossed her waist, her little face was flushed, and she held back for a long time before she said: "Xiao Yichen, do you listen to what I say?!" ”

Xiao Yichen nodded hurriedly.

"Then you go to bed!" Xue Yi didn't wait for Xiao Yichen to say more, bent down and pulled the quilt and threw it on the bed, and Mama Gong asked outside the door, "Xue'er, have you fallen asleep?" Xue Yi knew that Mama Gong had come to give her bird's nest again, although she didn't like it, but this bird's nest seemed to taste much better recently, Xue Yi knew that this bowl of bird's nest was definitely not as simple as bird's nest, she had thought about asking Xiao Yichen, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't ask it every time, what to ask? If Xiao Yichen wants to put it down, this bird's nest may already be a bird's nest, if he is suspicious, it is better to continue to be confused.

Xue Yi opened the door of the house, and Mama Gong really stood outside the door with bird's nest in her hand. Mama Gong waited for Xue Yi to drink the bird's nest, glanced at Xiao Yichen, and winked at Xiao Yichen while Xue Yi was not paying attention, Xiao Yichen nodded knowingly.

After sending Mama Gong away, Xue Yi did not hesitate at all and slept in her clothes. Xiao Yichen also lay down in clothes, only the sound of two people's breathing and each other's heartbeats were quiet in the room, Xiao Yichen's hand slowly put on Xue Yi's hand, Xue Yi moved, did not dodge, leaned his head on Xiao Yichen's side, and fell asleep in a short time.

Xiao Yichen gently shook Xue Yi's shoulders: "Xue'er, wake up, Xue'er." Xue Yi frowned slightly, sleeping sweetly, and couldn't hear Xiao Yichen's call at all.

Xiao Yichen got out of bed, quietly slipped out of the house, went out of the courtyard gate, and came to the wisteria trellis in front of the palace, Gong Mama was already waiting here, after seeing Xiao Yichen, Gong Mama completely forgot her identity, forgot the difference between dignity and inferiority, she took three steps and made two steps to grab Xiao Yichen's arm and instructed: "Chen'er, when can this incense powder stop?" I'm really worried about how long Cher's body can withstand it, and besides, you must hold on to it during this time, otherwise you will hurt her. ”

Xiao Yichen pushed away Mama Gong's hand, affectionately lonely, he finally found the woman he liked, and finally had a person who knew and depended on each other, but he couldn't hug each other, and the root of all this was himself, it was he who was cocooned and finally bound himself.

Mama Gong suddenly knelt down: "Lord, Chen'er, listen to Mama's persuasion, it's better for you to act according to the plan, die early, and then treat Xue'er well with your original face." I believe that she is sincere to you and will protect you for the rest of your life. ”

Xiao Yichen stared at Mama Gong's face and muttered, "Will it?" Is Cher sincere to me or to the Five Princes? Mama, with what you know about her, will she stay after she knows the truth? Will you ever forgive me? No! No, it won't! Doing so will only make her leave me faster! ”

"And what are you going to do?"

"So far, take one step at a time, since she came to Lingbei, I won't let her leave, everything will be said when she returns to the capital." Xiao Yichen waved his hand: "Okay, it's not too early, Mama go down and rest early, Xue'er is still not a word to be revealed!" ”

After Mama Gong left, Xiao Yichen stood under the wisteria trellis for a while before returning to the room, he gently took off his coat for Xue Yi, and gently smoothed her slightly wrinkled eyebrows with his big hands, and his lips fell on the center of her eyebrows.

"Mother....... Mother....... You don't want to go...... Don't ......." Xue Yi muttered, her head snuggled in Xiao Yichen's arms, and the two hugged each other and slept together.

When Xiao Yichen woke up the next day, Xue Yi had already gone to open up the wasteland with Gong Mama and Du Ruo, leaving Xiaohu to serve Xiao Yichen, Xiao Yichen was busy with Xiaohu to help, and he himself sat in a wheelchair to halfway up the mountain, Xue Yi was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and was digging a pit with a shovel and pickaxe, and Gong Mama was sowing seeds in the back, although Du Ruo was crazy, but he could also help carry water and water the fields according to Xue Yi's teachings.

Two or two days a day, when Xueyi's rice sprouted seedlings, Xiao Yichen issued an order to persuade farmers, although it was difficult at the beginning, but there were local officials to set an example, and the people gradually began to accept, at first it was just that some housewives because they liked to listen to Xue Yi tell stories outside, to help Xue Yi, and gradually the housewives began to influence their husbands, and gradually more and more wasteland became farmland, and those guards picked up knives and guns, and when the farm was slack, they called the young and strong laborers to practice martial arts, and Kou An also returned to normal, Soldiers and horses are practiced every day, but Xiao Yichen's order is obeyed.

In the blink of an eye, it was autumn, Xue Yi and Xiao Yichen looked at the yellow and clear wheat and rice all over the mountains, and hugged each other excitedly, but they never thought that Xue Yi was too sick because of long-term fatigue and cold, and Lingbei lacked medical treatment, Xiao Yichen saw that Xue Yi's high fever did not go away, and he took care of him day and night, for three days and three nights, by Xue Yi's side, no matter how Xiaohu and Gong Mama persuaded him, he did not leave Xue Yi for half a step, until Xue Yi's illness gradually improved.

On the fourth day, Xue Yi opened her eyes, looked at Xiao Yichen's thin cheeks and sunken eyes who were napping on the side of the bed, and her hand slowly fell on those scars.

"Are you awake? I'll go find my aunt and make you something to eat. Xiao Yichen held Xue Yi's hand, and there was an extra layer of mist in his eyes.

"Lord Wang." Xue Yi grabbed Xiao Yichen's hand and struggled to sit up: "Have you finished harvesting all the rice?" Xue Yi lingered on the sickbed, concerned about farming, she didn't want to let most of the hard work for half a year go to waste, Xiao Yichen was angry and funny at Xue Yi's sudden words, and pinched Xue Yi's nose with her fingers and shook it gently: "You are not allowed to think about farming anymore, there are so many people, everyone will take care of it, you have to take care of yourself now." ”

Xue Yi had a serious illness, Xiao Yichen took care of her sleeplessly, Xue Yi naturally felt nostalgic, Gong Mama and Xiaohu told Xiao Yichen's worries to Xue Yi in detail, Xue Yi was even more moved in her heart after she was shy, and after she recovered from her illness, Xiao Yichen no longer allowed her to go to the farmland to help, and he risked being known by his father and pretending to be injured, completely threw away the wheelchair, and began to go in and out with Xue Yi, never leaving, or training with the guards, when it was okay, he always liked to sit alone on the top of the cliff, looking at the opposite side in a daze.

When Xue Yi and Xiao Yichen first came to Lingbei, the people here were still bored, and there were no bandits.

Between Xue Yi and Xiao Yichen, there is also Qin Se and Ming, raising their eyebrows.